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Slovenian People's Party

This article is about the Slovene political party, founded in 1988. For the Slovene political party founded in 1892, see Slovene People's Party (historical).
Slovenian People's Party
Slovenska ljudska stranka
LeaderMarko Balažic
FounderIvan Oman
Founded12 May 1988
Preceded bySlovene People's Party
(legal predecessor)
HeadquartersGospodinjska ulica 8, Ljubljana
NewspaperSlovenec
Youth wingNew Generation of the Slovenian People's Party[1]
Women's wingSlovenian Women's Union at the Slovenian People's Party[2]
IdeologyConservatism[3]
Agrarianism[4][5]
Christian democracy[6][7]
Pro-Europeanism[8]
Political positionCentre-right[9]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
ColoursGreen and blue
National Assembly
0 / 90
European Parliament
0 / 9
Mayors
15 / 212
Municipal council
240 / 2,750
Website
www.sls.si

The Slovenian People's Party (Slovene: Slovenska ljudska stranka, pronounced [slɔˈʋèːnska ˈljúːtska ˈstráːŋka], Slovene abbreviation SLS [ɛsɛlˈɛ́(ː)s])[10] is a conservative,[3] agrarian,[3][11] Christian democratic[6][7] political party in Slovenia. Formed in 1988 under the name of Slovenian Peasant Union as the first democratic political organization in Yugoslavia, it changed its name to Slovenian People's Party in 1992. On 15 April 2000, it merged with the Slovene Christian Democrats to form the SLS+SKD Slovenian People's Party, and changed its name in 2001 to Slovenian People's Party.

SLS won seats in the National Parliament in general elections in Slovenia in the years 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011,[12] but missed the parliamentary threshold in 2014. SLS won 6.83% of the vote at the early 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, thus gaining six seats in the National Assembly.[13] From March 2013 to December 2014, Franc Bogovič led SLS. In the 2014 European Parliamentary elections, SLS got their first seat in the European Parliament with Franc Bogovič being elected member of the European Parliament on the NSi and SLS joint-list. Despite SLS narrowly missed the parliamentary threshold in July 2014, it had been victorious in local elections in October 2014. [14] On 6 December 2014 Marko Zidanšek took over the party, but did not manage to return to the parliament in the 2018 elections. After elections Marko Zidanšek resigned and subsequently Marjan Podobnik got elected president. In 2019 Franc Bogovič was elected member of the European Parliament once again on the SDS and SLS joint-list. Prior to the parliamentary elections in 2022, the party initiated the new movement Connect Slovenia (Povežimo Slovenijo), which consisted of the parties Konkretno, Zeleni Slovenije, New People's Party and New Social Democracy. After the movement failed to enter the parliament, Marjan Podobnik resigned.

In July 2022, Marko Balažic took over as president. [15]

  1. ^ "Nova generacija SLS". Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Slovenska ženska zveza pri SLS". Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Susanne Jungerstam-Mulders (2006). Post-Communist EU Member States: Parties And Party Systems. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-0-7546-4712-6. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ^ Day, Alan John; East, Roger; Thomas, Richard (2002), "Slovenian People's Party", A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe, Routledge, p. 533, ISBN 9780203403747, retrieved 14 November 2011
  5. ^ Zajc, Drago; Boh, Tomaž (2004), "Slovenia", The handbook of political change in Eastern Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 351, ISBN 9781840648546, retrieved 9 December 2011
  6. ^ a b Sabrina P. Ramet (18 February 2010). Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989. Cambridge University Press. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-1-139-48750-4.
  7. ^ a b José Magone (26 August 2010). Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge. pp. 457–. ISBN 978-0-203-84639-1. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Slovenia". Europe Elects. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  9. ^ Fink-Hafner, Danica (2006), "Slovenia: Between Bipolarity and Broad Coalition-Building", Post-Communist EU Member States: Parties and Party Systems, Ashgate, p. 211, ISBN 9780754647126
  10. ^ "Slovenski pravopis 2001: SLS".
  11. ^ Igor Guardiancich (21 August 2012). Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Global Financial Crisis. Routledge. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-1-136-22595-6.
  12. ^ "Republic of Slovenia Parliamentary Elections Archive". State Election Commission. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Republic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2011". National Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Republic of Slovenia Local Elections 2014 Results". State Election Commission. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Marko Balažic novi predsednik stranke SLS".
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